I. The project submitted progress report on November 18 , 2004, summarizing immediate outputs of activities as follows:

1. Demarcation of approximate 80 ha of coastal area with mangrove in Koh Nakha community
2.Initiating and presenting plan for coastal resources management ( fishery) in Phangna Bay to
the Fishery Department
3.Evinced Increased capacity and awareness of and active participation from women?s group in
demarcating the conservation area and presenting plan to the Fishery Department

II. On December 26 , 2004, the project was hit by the Tsunami. The grantees reported the situation and requested no modification of the activities. On January 25, 2005, the NC and one member of NSC paid a visit to the project where the findings and observation were summarized as follows:

Two villages in project location were visited. Island-based Baan Khlong Born-Hinkong and coastal Baan Khongkhian-Ao Makham are typical villages in the Andaman Sea Complex whose community members depend upon the provision of the sea and its ecosystems for living. Fishery and aqua-culture are main occupation with alternatives ranging from providing part-time labour for para-rubber plantation to providing transportation service to tourists. In both villages, nearly all small?scale fishing boats were totally damaged, partly damaged and lost in the sea. All kinds of fishing gears that were then laid down were damaged to an extent that repair was not deemed effective. However, community members were quite certain that shallow-water coral and mangrove were still in good condition.

The government relief programme has reached the communities ,but due to long-established regulations and bureaucracy, it was rated by affected community members as a clumsy programme. In many cases, there appeared underestimate of loss thus under-compensation. Less than half of 100-or-so affected families received the compensation. As only a few houses were devastated, majority of community members have places to live but without any other mean to make a living. The voice being heard was the urgent need for new boats equipped with accessories , and fishing gears, let alone mental depression they are experiencing.

The savings group of Baan Kholngkhien-Ao Makham whose members comprises mostly women was established about five years ago has demonstrated existing management capacity. As to Baan Khlong Born-Hinkong, the saving group has emerged eight months ago but showed somewhat the same capacity.

The Thai Fund Foundation, in conjunction with the project, would formulate and submit a proposal for short-term relief as well as sustainable rehabilitation programme.

III. Completion Report was received on 25 October 2006 , 10-page write-up, with one CD , details are as follows:

Activities carried out under project:

1.Organizing open forums for participating villages on ?CBOs? and Management of Natural Resources?
2.Building capacity of target population through study tours then establishing community enterprise ( trading on para-rubber) as alternative occupation
3. Conducting study tours and training on ? Women?s Role? and organizing youth camps

Results and Indicators:

? Emergence of the followings:
1. Rehabilitated mangrove area in four
comities of 800 ha with one mangrove
management model
2. Rehabilitated and reforested area of sea
grass of four ha
3. Resources inventories for coastal natural
resources in eight communities
4. Thirteen saving groups in 17 communities
and a set aside fund for management of
coastal natural resources
5. One network of saving group, one network
of small scale fishermen?s group
6. Coordinated effort for joint activities
between communities and representative of
students from 10 universities
? Evinced increased in aqua species
? Increased awareness of target communities through public campaigns on policy change at provincial
level
? Core women leader of 42 members taking care of management of coastal natural resources and
environment

Participatory Evaluation: Conducted whenever an activity was completed , and periodically

Participants: 57 persons for the completion evaluation. Participants included representatives from
a local university, provincial and regional office of related government agencies ,
national NGO and community members.

Methods: Open forum at community level , meeting and workshop at network level

Impact: 1. Increased awareness of target population witnessed from continuous active
participation in project activities , such as resources inventories, reforestation of
mangrove and seagrass, guarding activities, demarcating , some of which paved ways
to systematical management. Besides, some communities even got ahead in taking part
in watching public policy.
2. Twelve communities , out side the network, applied for membership of the network
3. Responsible government agencies were more attentive and provided support to the
project, such as the governor of Phangnga participating in reforestation, two TAOs
setting aside budget for management of natural resources.

Future Plan: The project would keep on working with target communities by focusing on
management of coastal natural resources in five areas: Mangrove forest, sea grass,
coral reef, sea weed and habits for shell. ( Four ? page write up specifying the future
plan)